MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160616
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '16 at 01:01
Run Duration	468 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 89.1 2-Core 184 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 672 60% 509 Pts	64-Core 851 53% 851 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1564 MHz, MLim: 1825 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 347.25 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18.2% Very poor	Lighting 20.6 Reflection 23.7 Parallax 19.2 17% 21.2 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 20.6 Splatting 26.8 21% 25.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 183 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 10 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 56 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 839624116	78.2% Very good	Read 506 Write 261 Mixed 248 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 21.7 110% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 47.7 80% 156 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 124%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 77GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15169 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 361 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (AF) Unknown 100 100 73035219577 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 69 521076767 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 41644 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 47 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 317 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 41644 (F2) Unknown 100 100 34102	77.5% Very good	Read 500 Write 261 Mixed 253 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 20.2 111% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 63.7 84% 153 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 95%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 466GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 305 (03) Spinup time 200 197 2983 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1997 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 44 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32208 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 540 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1917 (C2) HDA temperature 120 102 30 (C4) Reallocation count 161 161 39 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	109% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 187 Mixed 157 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1.67 4K Write 3.87 4K Mixed 0.45 191% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 463GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34387526054 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 248 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7588 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 205 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 428 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 428 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 197569609761 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	67.6% Good	Read 119 Write 117 Mixed 3.14 57% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.16 95% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 107%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 277GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 111 (03) Spinup time 185 183 1750 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1940 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 21993 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1488 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 85 220 (BE) vendor-specific 70 36 30 (BF) G-sense error rate 85 85 15 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2576 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 145 145 167246 (C2) HDA temperature 117 83 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	28.7% Poor	Read 61.5 Write 38.4 Mixed 43.3 36% 47.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.25 69% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 43%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 356GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 202 199 2900 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 651 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20724 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 415 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 590 (C2) HDA temperature 119 101 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	98.4% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 154 Mixed 133 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 4.08 4K Mixed 0.38 158% 1.81 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 117%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 152GB free Firmware: JE4OA50A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 170 100 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 5531 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 2982 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 5503 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 51539869696 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 405012510 (BF) G-sense error rate 95 95 1431 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3538998 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 81040 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	46.2% Average	Read 82.2 Write 78.8 Mixed 14.4 42% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.17 60% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 53%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 66GB free Firmware: SM12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 144566424 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2726 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5522145 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23519 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 443 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 43 163797598241 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 248133 (C2) HDA temperature 33 57 68719476769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 36 144566424 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	38.3% Below average	Read 67.8 Write 65.4 Mixed 41.9 43% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.24 87% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 63%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 66GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 177 1958 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 290 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11478 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 241 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11509 (C2) HDA temperature 118 106 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	39.2% Below average	Read 50.7 Write 85.9 Mixed 53.2 47% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 62%
Corsair Voyager SliderX1 248GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 39GB free, PID 1a15, Corsair 256Gb Voyager Slider X1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	40% Below average	Read 230 Write 22.2 Mixed 49.4 89% 101 MB/s	4K Read 7.29 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.003 27% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 66%
Adata DashDrive Elite S102 Pro USB 3.0 64GB-$13 599 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 32GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	23.3% Poor	Read 112 Write 16 Mixed 16.6 42% 48.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.42 4K Write 0.64 4K Mixed 1.07 82% 2.71 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 51%
Lexar microSD RDR 64GB 510 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 22GB free, PID b051, Lexar MicroSD Flash 64GB Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 70.4 Write 50.5 Mixed 37.9 63% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 8.84 4K Write 4.17 4K Mixed 2.84 271% 5.28 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 504 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	105% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 38.6 115% 40.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 20.3 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 128%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	24x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	24x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	9x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	9x

SSD
MX300 SATA M.2 275GBCrucial $42Bench 80%, 16,792 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	4x
WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN 1TBBench 285%, 20,671 samples	4x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 79%, 1,332 samples	5x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 8x4GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 24 samples	4x
HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBKingstonBench 89%, 6,294 samples	4x

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Total price: $571

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16